DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 12, 2026
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS/Atlantic Ocean... Light smoke persisted across the southeastern United States due to agricultural fires, stretching from Texas to the Carolinas. Individual plumes of light smoke were observed in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, eastern Kentucky, and western Virginia. The densest smoke was concentrated in east-central Alabama and central Georgia. A large layer of light smoke spread from Arkansas to the Atlantic coast, drifting northeast toward the ocean. Meanwhile, a wildland fire in Highlands County, southern Florida, was producing light-to-moderate smoke drifting west. Montana/The Dakotas... Several wildfires were observed across eastern Montana and the western Dakotas, producing light to moderate density smoke drifting northeast. Cuba... Seasonal fire activity was observed across most of Cuba, producing light density smoke drifting southwest. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of America/Central America/Pacific Ocean... Smoke from fire activity, remnant smoke from previous days, and aerosol emissions from gas flaring and other industrial activities in central and southern Mexico spread as a layer of light-density smoke that extended into the Bay of Campeche, across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and along the southern coasts of Mexico and Central America before continuing southwestward into the Pacific. YL THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG:http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov